need a 19" flat screen

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:42 pm

need a new screen for the computer
19" monitor have around 100 to £135 to spend any suggestions recomendations ect

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:24 pm

I bought this one from Amazon quite a while back (Nov 2006) for £142

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-AL1916WAS- ... 841&sr=8-1

I would have no hesitation in buying it again if I needed another screen, especially now it is now £99

Hoovie

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:25 pm

excelent howie thanks

yourweb · Post by **yourweb** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:54 pm

Do you guys have a brand called kogi? Might check that out. It is what I have right now on my system.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:01 am

yourweb wrote:Do you guys have a brand called kogi? Might check that out. It is what I have right now on my system.

had a look mentioned on amazon but only to describe the screen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogi_State

a place in africa

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:48 am

One of the things you may need to decide on is the aspect ratio (if you haven't already).

Are you looking at Widescreen (16:10) or "standard" (4: 3) ?

When I am working, I normally have 4 screens in use (I know - geek!!) - two are standard 4: 3 ratio and two are widescreen.

I find for multimedia work, widescreen is MUCH nicer.
For MS Office Applications, Widescreen is actually better as well, surprisingly - especially Powerpoint, and good for Excel work
For my S/W development, it is down to how much screen real estate so doesn't matter that much
For Web Browsing, standard 4: 3 ratio just has the edge as a 19" widescreen monitor will not be as deep as a 19" 4: 3 standard screen

Overall, personally I would nowadays always go widescreen as it offers more benefits.

I looked at the Kogi Yourweb mentioned - looks like US only brand and the reviews on Amazon are very mixed - I would avoid.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:53 am

Now this looks nice ....

Belinea 22" Wide Format TFT Screen
http://www.staples.co.uk/eng/Catalog/ca ... xedcode=WW

£127.65 - so within your budget range (let's ignore VAT

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big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:02 am

thanks howie i think we have gone for your first recomendation as it allows a cordless keyboard and mouse within budget

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:22 am

big-all wrote:thanks howie i think we have gone for your first recomendation as it allows a cordless keyboard and mouse within budget

A good choice - you will be happy with it

now ... cordless mouse ....

You picked one out yet? I don't want to be foisting my entire IT spec on you, but I picked up what I think was a great deal from PC World of all places about 6 months ago

The Logitech S510 Multimedia Keyboard, Mouse and Remote Control

I think this was about £30 and is really nice (and happens be match the ACER screen colour scheme of briushed silver and black) and all 3 devices use the single USB dongle.
I think I may have got a special with the remote bundled in (warning: seems to be two different sets!) but if you can find that deal, worth looking at. Have a read here
http://techgage.com/article/logitech_co ... ia_remote/